Dear Bernd,
Right now, we are using xServer2 in our App to show the drivers the previously computed route.
We're working on the shifting to Developer, where we plan to use Vector maps to lower the bandwith/data needed to draw the maps for the drivers (most of them are still using 1 GB limited roaming packages).
The question is: is there a way to somehow lower the needed data traffic under xServer2?
I'm sending you an example API call on how we draw the map tiles right now:
https://xserver2.cloud.ptvgroup.com/services/rest/XMap/tile/13/4550/2905?storedProfile=gravelpit&timeConsideration=SNAPSHOT&referenceTime=2025-10-28T13:42:24.368Z&layers=labels,transport,background&xtok=...
Is there a mode, or parameter, which if we set, then we can somehow lower the data needed to draw the map tiles?
Thank you,
Peter
			
			
									
						
										
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Re: Roaming data needed to draw map under xs2
Hello Peter,
I created an ADOS (268874) and have to wait for an internal reaction. A first statement from a DEV colleague was "how about a local cache on the mobile device"? Is there already something in place?
Bernd
			
			
									
						
							I created an ADOS (268874) and have to wait for an internal reaction. A first statement from a DEV colleague was "how about a local cache on the mobile device"? Is there already something in place?
Bernd
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Here's another comment from a colleague (Sebastian) from the Navigation context (I asked him how our navigation device handles this):
Best regards,
Bernd
			
			
									
						
							So this lies in the responsibility of the TOMTOM apis... not within PTV's scope.The SDK is abstracting it.
So for your future implementation based on Vector technology you can consider to create a lightweight style.But when shifting to Vector maps I think it is worthy to look into the style.json As I remember it can be controlled for what zoom-levels the tiles are fetched or not. Maybe that is a way to reduce or optimize the usage.
Best regards,
Bernd
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